From e10193f371bdcf1f99002b072f94e01aa7e7ed82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mongodb-dbx-release-bot[bot]"
 <167856002+mongodb-dbx-release-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:44:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] BUMP 4.18.0.dev0

Signed-off-by: mongodb-dbx-release-bot[bot] <167856002+mongodb-dbx-release-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pymongo/_version.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pymongo/_version.py b/pymongo/_version.py
index 9a17b3013..9c67ac76e 100644
--- a/pymongo/_version.py
+++ b/pymongo/_version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import re
 from typing import List, Tuple, Union
 
-__version__ = "4.17.0"
+__version__ = "4.18.0.dev0"
 
 
 def get_version_tuple(version: str) -> Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]: